Building Salt Lake checks in with live construction projects around the city we've been following. All photos by Luke Garrott. In the Depot District, CW Urban's rental project The Beverly (45 S 600 W) and Centro Civico Mexicano's Casa Milagros (145 S 600 W) senior...
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In Photos: Salt Lake City’s 400 South Transit Corridor construction update
Liberty Square townhomes, by Cowboy Partners, just north of Trolley Square and south of 400 South, between 600 and 700 East. Trax on the Red Line as it rolls along 400 South. Cowboy Partners' Liberty Boulevard from 500 South, just east of 700 East. Liberty BLVD from...
Will SLC’s Life Sciences Opportunity Zone Corridor add to Downtown’s office conversion momentum?
Salt Lake City’s Department of Economic Development recently completed a prospectus for a Life Sciences Corridor that may boost demand for office space Downtown. Downtown offerings have always enjoyed an urban advantage, providing amenities, culture, and transit which...
Developers of Living Zenith eye 12-unit townhome project in 9th & 9th
The developers who specialize in building net-zero communities that also encourage walkability are eyeing their next project on a small lot near the entryway to Salt Lake’s 9th & 9th neighborhood. The Living Zenith at Lake Street would site 12 townhomes on a small...
Building Salt Lake Mayoral survey: See where candidates stand on smart growth policy issues
Editors’ note: Candidates are listed in the order which they returned our survey. Two candidates, Richard Goldberger and Rainer Huck, didn’t respond to the survey. Most candidates running to become Salt Lake City’s next mayor aren’t likely to support policies that...
In Pictures – sidewalk dining in Salt Lake City
On a recent June afternoon in Salt Lake City, Building Salt Lake captured some of our sidewalk dining + beverage culture. Ginger Street eatery just opened on State and Broadway (300 S.) Photo by Luke Garrott. YoKo Ramen and The Other Place on Broadway near 500 East....
Construction in 9th and 9th big value add for 9-Line
Construction in east 9th and 9th this summer and fall will result in a big value add. A recent influx of transportation tax dollars is transforming a 25-year old dream once called the “Transvalley Corridor” into reality. Eventually, the trail will extend from the...
Another parking flare-up in latest test of 9th and 9th’s willingness to urbanize
Another debate about parking in one of the city’s most walkable neighborhoods outside of downtown flared up just days before contractors were prepared to start a major reconstruction project on the east end of 9th and 9th. The city is figuring out how to move forward...
In Pictures: Apartments rising east of downtown Salt Lake City
Residential growth continues in the Central City and East Central neighborhoods, just east of downtown Salt Lake City. There are five multifamily residential buildings with a combined 742 units that are either recently completed, nearing completion, or well underway...
City to test roundabout in the 9th and 9th neighborhood
The complicated five-way stop at the intersection of 900 South, 1100 East and Gilmer Drive appears headed for a redesign and city transportation officials are test running different design options. From May 16 to May 23, the intersections will feature a pop-up...
In Pictures: progress made on east downtown apartment projects
There are three apartment projects that will add over 600 residential units are coming along just east of downtown Salt Lake City. Each project is in a different stage of construction. Of the three, the closest to completion is the Liberty BLVD which is now leasing....
Commission approves two townhome projects
In Salt Lake, we may need a to coin a new term for the "missing middle" as more mid-density housing moves forward. On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved planned development request for two for-sale, mid-density townhome projects. Since...












